Skills

How can apprenticeships help tackle green skills shortages?

Work

How can apprenticeships help tackle green skills shortages?

IN FOCUS: Green apprenticeships will play a key role in the push to decarbonise the economy - to mark National Apprenticeship Week, BusinessGreen Intelligence explores what a successful apprenticeship scheme entails

clock 09 February 2024 • 20 min read
Sue Duke: 'We don't have time to wait for a new generation of professionals to join the workforce'

Management

Sue Duke: 'We don't have time to wait for a new generation of professionals to join the workforce'

Linkedin's vice president for global public policy and economic graph lists the reasons to be optimistic about the growth of 'green jobs', and the skills challenges ahead

clock 06 February 2024 • 6 min read
Carbon Trust: Almost one-in-three large firms in 'state of paralysis' over net zero business case

Risk

Carbon Trust: Almost one-in-three large firms in 'state of paralysis' over net zero business case

Carbon Trust sets out 'five-step vision' to overcome barriers to corporate net zero strategies

clock 05 February 2024 • 3 min read
Closing the STEM gap: Why gender equity is key to building a green future

Skills

Closing the STEM gap: Why gender equity is key to building a green future

Decarbonisation and gender equity are interlinked challenges - we can’t solve one without addressing the other, writes Siemens' Louise Harry

clock 23 January 2024 • 4 min read
Green Skills Outlook: Sharper focus on skilled workers needed to deliver clean energy transition

Management

Green Skills Outlook: Sharper focus on skilled workers needed to deliver clean energy transition

New report from energy giant Iberdrola identified 'vast' opportunities from net zero transition, but warns they will not be realised unless businesses and policymakers boost the skills base

clock 17 January 2024 • 3 min read
Guy Grainger: 'Cities in the western world are unsustainable'

Buildings

Guy Grainger: 'Cities in the western world are unsustainable'

Guy Grainger, global head of sustainability services and ESG at real estate advisors JLL reflects on COP28 and why the business case for investing in making buildings more sustainable has never been stronger

clock 16 January 2024 • 6 min read
Study: Employers 'constantly expanding' hunt for green talent

Skills

Study: Employers 'constantly expanding' hunt for green talent

Almost three quarters of employers claim strong ESG commitments play crucial recruitment role as 'green' career changes grow in popularity

clock 03 January 2024 • 4 min read
Rebecca Marmot: 'We need to identify solutions that don't involve consumers having to make difficult compromises'

R&D

Rebecca Marmot: 'We need to identify solutions that don't involve consumers having to make difficult compromises'

Unilever’s chief sustainability officer discusses the importance of entrepreneurs’ energy, ingenuity and dedication in scaling green ideas

clock 02 January 2024 • 6 min read
Report: Government-backed Covid recovery fund creates more than 2,600 green jobs

Biodiversity

Report: Government-backed Covid recovery fund creates more than 2,600 green jobs

Grants from the £80m government-backed Green Recovery Challenge Fund have helped create thousands of jobs in the environmental sector since September 2020, report claims

clock 21 December 2023 • 3 min read
PwC: Plugging 'green skills gap' key to building world's first net zero-aligned financial centre

Management

PwC: Plugging 'green skills gap' key to building world's first net zero-aligned financial centre

PwC report reveals UK is facing 17,000 green finance vacancies, undermining efforts to meet net zero goals

clock 20 December 2023 • 4 min read